TripAdvisor Reviews Aspen Lodge Resort & Spa Estes Park

Travel Blogs from Estes Park

... Scandinavian festival in town and heavy traffic everywhere. We had to search quite a while for a parking space and finally found one after almost taking out a family on a sidewalk and another vehicle. We walked all over the town in and out of the shops as rain and thunderstorms came in. After an afternoon of seeing the same things over and over (think of Gatlinburg) we were ready for dinner. We had decided to go to Smoking Dave's for BBQ, rated #5 in ...

Today we went into the Rocky Mountain National Park again, for our third trip along the Trail Ridge Road. We had no great plans to get across the top this time, but wanted to see the wildlife and give our little cousins: Isla (5) and Miles (3) their first 'snow experience'. It was hard for Oscar and Astrid to imagine that their cousins had never seen snow, with our own regular trips ...

... We got some great photos and it was very exciting to see these huge creatures fairly close. Chris was beside himself as was I. We watched him for a good 10 minutes before the ranger came along and shooed him away due to the massive 'moose jam' he was causing on the road.

We drove past a very pregnant female Elk right on the road next and quickly took 1 picture and kept on driving, deciding we would only stop for big horn sheep and bears. Well shortly after ...

... road was closed at Rainbow Curve. The winds at that elevation were amazing, almost felt like they would blow me off the mountain. Terri and David made it into town by 5pm and we met them for dinner. The dinner was not great, but we enjoyed their company. Then went home to a roaring fire, that was too hot to stay in the living room and even had to keep the door wide open! Overall, a great ...

... and it is said that Jim Carey spent just three hours in room 217 before packing his bags and requesting another room. Stephen King’s The Shining mini-series was also filmed there in 1997. If you watch Dumb and Dumber, you will see the original décor of the hotel, whereas, the makeover made for the miniseries is the ‘new décor’. The fourth floor is the most haunted, and patrons often complain of things ...